Alta or ALTA may refer to:

Acronyms

Alt-A An Alt-A mortgage, short for Alternative A-paper, is a type of U.S. Mortgage loan, mortgage that, for various reasons, is considered riskier than A-paper, or "prime", and less risky than "subprime lending, subprime," the riskiest category. For thes ...

, short for Alternative A-paper, is a type of US mortgage *

American Land Title Association The American Land Title Association (ALTA), founded in 1907, is the national trade association representing more than 6,400 title insurance companies, title and settlement agents, independent abstractors, title searchers, and real estate attorn ...

, a national trade association representing the land title industry *

American Literary Translators Association The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) is an organization in the United States dedicated to literary translation. ALTA promotes literary translation through its annual ALTA conference and year-round events structured around the creatio ...

, an association of literary translators in the US * Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance or ALTA, an initiative to conserve the Amur leopard and Amur tiger * Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association * Australasian Language Technology Association *

Accelerated life testing Accelerated life testing is the process of testing a product by subjecting it to conditions ( stress, strain, temperatures, voltage, vibration rate, pressure etc.) in excess of its normal service parameters in an effort to uncover faults and potent ...

or Accelerated life testing analysis

Places

Canada

* Alta Creek, the official name of the

River of Golden Dreams The River of Golden Dreams, officially Alta Creek, is a short river in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, connecting Alta Lake (south) to Green Lake (north), which is drained by the Green River. The river was named in emulation of the popular s ...

, in Whistler, British Columbia *

Alta Lake (British Columbia) Alta Lake is a lake in the Resort Municipality of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Originally named Summit Lake, Alta Lake was renamed to avoid confusion with the many other Summit Lakes in British Columbia. The name is derived from the ...

, a lake in Whistler, British Columbia *

Alta Lake, British Columbia Alta Lake was a recreational community and railway station on the west side of Alta Lake. It is now a neighbourhood of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The post office was renamed Whistler in 1976 when the area was incorporated as part of t ...

, a community that is part of Whistler, British Columbia * Mont Alta, a hill in the Laurentides zone of the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, that is the basis of the Ski Mont Alta ski hill; see List of former ski areas of Quebec *

Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...

, Canada (abbreviation ALTA)

Norway

Alta Municipality Alta (; ; ; ) is the most populated List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Alta (town), town of Alta. Some of the main villages in the ...

, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway *

Alta (town) ( Norwegian; ), , or is a town in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of the municipality and the major commercial centre in the western part of the county of Finnmark. The town is located on the s ...

, a town within Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway * Alta Airport, an airport in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway * Alta Church, a church in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway *

Alta Museum The World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta Museum (''Verdensarvsenter for bergkunst – Alta Museum'') is located in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. World Heritage Rock Art - Alta Museum is situated in Hjemmeluft, a small bay in t ...

, a museum in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway *

Altaelva Altaelva (; ; ) is the third-longest river in Finnmark county, Norway. The river begins in the mountains and lakes in Kautokeino Municipality, near the border with Finnmark county and Finland, just south of Reisa National Park. The long river t ...

(), a river in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway **

Alta controversy The Alta conflict or Alta controversy was a series of protests in Norway in the late 1970s and early 1980s against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant on the Alta River in Finnmark, Northern Norway. Timeline *Inhabitants of the vil ...

, a series of protests over Sámi rights and dam on the Altaelva

Sweden

Älta Älta is a locality situated in Nacka Municipality Nacka Municipality () is a municipality in Stockholm County in east-central Sweden. Its seat is located at Nacka. The municipality is situated just east of the Swedish capital, Stockholm, and ...

, a locality in Nacka Municipality

Ukraine

* Alta (river), a small tributary of the Trubizh in Ukraine

United States

Alta, California Alta ( Spanish for "Upper") is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Placer County, California, United States, about northeast of Auburn. The village is located off Interstate 80 and along the historical Fi ...

, a community in Placer County, California *

Alta California Alta California (, ), also known as Nueva California () among other names, was a province of New Spain formally established in 1804. Along with the Baja California peninsula, it had previously comprised the province of , but was made a separat ...

''("Upper California")'', the Mexican territory that later became the US state of California *

Alta, Illinois Alta is an unincorporated community on the northwest border of Peoria in Peoria County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northea ...

, a community in Peoria County, Illinois *

Alta, Indiana Alta is an unincorporated community in Helt Township, Vermillion County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History The town was laid out in 1871. The name probably refers to "elevation". Geography Alta is located half a mile west of the Wabash R ...

, a community in Vermillion County, Indiana *

Alta, Iowa Alta is a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,087 at the 2020 census. History Alta was platted in 1872, and it was incorporated in 1878. By 1882, Alta contained three general stores, two drug stores, two groc ...

, a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa *

Alta, Utah Alta is a town in eastern Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 228 at the 2020 census, a large decrease from the 2010 figure of 383. Alta is centered in ...

, a town in Salt Lake County, Utah **

Alta Ski Area Alta is a ski area in the western United States, located in the town of Alta, Utah, Alta in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, in Salt Lake County. With a skiable area of , Alta's base elevation is and rises to for a vertical gain of . One of the ...

, a ski area located in the Wasatch Mountains, in Salt Lake County, Utah *

Alta, Fayette County, West Virginia Alta is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The U ...

, an unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia *

Alta, Greenbrier County, West Virginia Alta is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.Th ...

, an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia *

Alta, Wyoming Alta is a census-designated place (CDP) in Teton County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 429 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Jackson, WY– ID Micropolitan Statistical Area, and it is located between Driggs, Idaho and the ...

, a community in Teton County, Wyoming * Alta Lake State Park, a park in the northwest interior of the state of Washington * Alta Peak, a mountain in the Sequoia National Park

People

Alta (poet) Alta Gerrey (May 22, 1942 – March 10, 2024) was a British-American poet, prose writer, and publisher, best known as the founder of the feminist press Shameless Hussy Press and editor of the ''Shameless Hussy Review''. Her 1980 collection ''The ...

(Alta Gerrey, 1942–2024), poet and prose writer from Oakland, California * Alta Cohen (1908–2003), Major League Baseball player *

Alta Fixsler Alta Fixsler (23 December 2018 – 18 October 2021) was a British Haredi Judaism, Haredi girl who died after her life support was removed, following a best interests case. Birth Fixsler was born on 23 December 2018, 34 weeks into the pregnancy, ...

(2018–2021), subject of best interests case

Art, entertainment, and media

* ''Alta'' (novel), a 2004 fantasy novel by Mercedes Lackey * Alta, Spanish term equivalent to the dance

Saltarello The ''saltarello'' is a musical dance originally from Italy. The first mention of it is in Add MS 29987, a late-fourteenth- or early fifteenth-century manuscript of Tuscany, Tuscan origin, now in the British Library. It was usually played in a f ...

* ''Acqua Alta'', a novel by

Donna Leon Donna Leon (; born September 28, 1942) is the American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti. The novels are written in English and have been translated into many forei ...

* Alta capella, a 20th-century musicological term for Renaissance wind ensembles *

Alta IF Alta Idrettsforening is a sports club from the town of Alta in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The club is most known for its association football department, which played in the 1. divisjon until 2014. Alta currently plays in 2. d ...

, a Norwegian football club based in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway

Businesses

Alta (vehicles) Alta was a Greece, Greek manufacturer of light and heavier three-wheeler trucks, motorcycles and passenger cars. Production of motorcycles and three-wheeler trucks with Sachs Motorcycles, Sachs 50cc engines started in its first factory in Athen ...

, a defunct Greek manufacturer of cars, light trucks and motorcycles * Alta Bike Share, a provider of bicycle sharing systems in the US and Australia *

Alta Car and Engineering Company The Alta Car and Engineering Company was a British sports car, sports and racing car manufacturer, commonly known simply as Alta. Their cars contested five FIA World Championship races between 1950 and 1952, as well as Grand Prix motor racing, ...

, an English automobile and a Formula One racing manufacturer * Alta Group Newspapers, a defunct newspaper publisher in the northeastern US * Alta Motors, a defunct American manufacturer of electric motorcycles *

Alta Newspaper Group Alta Newspaper Group Limited Partnership is a Vancouver-based publisher of newspapers in Western Canada and Quebec. It owns three small daily newspapers and more than a dozen weeklies. Alta, also known as Alberta Newspaper Group and Southern A ...

, a newspaper publisher in Western Canada and Quebec * Alta Records, Dallas, Texas *

Treno Alta Velocità Treno Alta Velocità SpA (TAV) was a special-purpose entity owned by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (itself owned by Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane) for the planning and construction of a high-speed rail network in Italy. Purpose The purpose of ...

(Italian: High Velocity Train), a special purpose entity formed to plan and construct a high-speed rail network in Italy

Ships

* MV ''Alta'', a ship that was abandoned at sea in 2018 and ran aground in Ireland in 2020 * , a museum ship in Oslo, Norway

Other uses

* Alta (dye), a red paste used by women in Bangladesh, India and Nepal to paint the borders of the feet *

Acqua alta An (, ; ) is an exceptional tide peak that occurs periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea. The term is applied to such tides in the Italian region of Veneto. The peaks reach their maximum in the Venetian Lagoon, where they cause partial floodi ...

(Italian: "high water"), the term used in Veneto for the exceptional tide peaks that occur periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea